Maxwell (Charleville & Islandmore)
In 1835 Robert Maxwell of Charleville, county Cork, married Lucy Le Poer Trench, sister of the 3rd Earl of Clancarty. She died in 1839 and in 1842 Robert Maxwell of Islandmore, county Limerick, married Elizabeth May and they had a number of children. Archives in both the National Library of Ireland and the National Archives, Dublin, document the estates of Robert Maxwell in counties Cork, Tipperary and Limerick. The maps in the National Library show Robert Maxwell holding land in Graigue and Gutheragh, parish of Rathgoggan, barony of Orrery & Kilmore, county Cork, Ballyglass Upper (where John Mulcahy had a large residence), parishes of Clonpet & Cordangan, barony of Clanwilliam, county Tipperary, Islandmore Demesne (includes lithograph of the house, in Maxwell hands), Effin and Ballincolly, Ballygubba North and Tankardstown, barony of Coshma and Ballymacshaneboy and Ballyshanedehey, parish of Kilquane, barony of Coshlea, county Limerick. In total he held 1170 acres in these 3 counties in the mid 19th century. In the 1870s Robert James Maxwell of Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, owned 1,049 acres in county Limerick, 180 acres in county Cork and 335 acres in county Tipperary.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islandmore | Tooreen | Croom | Croom | Croom 16 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R518 401
OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Ballyglass House (Clanwilliam) | Ballyglass Upper | Clonpet | Tipperary | Tipperary Rural 169 | Clanwilliam | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R887 323
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 66 |
Archival sources
- Maps of Cos Cork, Tipperary & Limerick estates of Robert Maxwell of Islandmore, totaling 1170 acres and including tenant names & lithograph of Islandmore demesne, 1845. 14.A.31; National Library of Ireland
- Records relating to the estates of Robert Maxwell & his descendants in Cos Cork & Limerick, 19th & 20th centuries. 999/392/4; National Archives of Ireland
- Documents re the marriage settlement of Robert J. Maxwell & Harriet Middleton, Hampton Court, 3 July 1878, 1880-1921. 999/404/27a-b; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 151
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Coshma, 45 (Tooreen)
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 313
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: II, 308
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clanwilliam Barony, 36 (Ballyglass Upper)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 253 (Ballyglass - Mrs Slattery)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.II, Parish of Clonpet, pp.265, 269. Parish of Cordangan, p.31.
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 159
- CUSSEN, Robert. Caleb Powell, High Sheriff of County Limerick, 1858, sums up his Grand Jury. In RYNNE, Etienne (ed). ''North Munster Studies: Essays in commemoration of Monsignor Michael Moloney''. Limerick: The Thomond Archaeological Society, 1967. : 416-417